Friday, June 20, 2003

• President Hu Calls for Closer Party Ties with ROK
• Chinese Mainland Reports No New SARS Cases (June 20)
• 29.9 Billion Yuan for Aiding the Poor This Year
• China's Largest SARS Hospital Discharges Last Patients
• Fast-food Blast Suspect Arrested in Xi'an
• Rules Issued for Preventing Corruption among Judges
• Chinese FM Spokesman on Iranian, DPRK, Taiwan Issues
• Chinese Premier, Top Legislator Meet Thai Deputy PM
• China Reports Drastic Decline in Sandstorms
• Beijing's SARS-affected Hospitals Resume Normal Operation
• Chinese Premier, Top Legislator Meet Comoros President
• Tung Chee Hwa Briefs WHO Director-general on HK's SARS Fight
• WHO Experts Visiting Bayannur in North China's Inner Mongolia
• Hu Jintao on Placement of Transferred Army Officers
• 23 Dead Or Missing In Yangtze Collision 

• China "Deeply Concerned" over US Anti-dumping Investigation of TV Exporters
• China Issues First Property Management Regulation
• Shanghai Expo Industry Rapidly Rebounds in Second Half Year
• Beijing Reports Two-digit Economic Growth Rate
• China's Silicon Valley Builds Helidrome for Business Purposes
• Report: China's Employment Hit Hard by SARS
• Huge Potential for Personal Financial Service in China
• NW. China Province Reports Growth in Apple Exports
• China to Introduce New Rule to Guide Real Estate
• Shake-up Encouraged For Mining Industry
• State Promotion Days for Foreign Delegations to be Held in Int'l Investment Fair
• China's Telecommunication Business Remains Stable in May
• Time Warner Spearheads China's Potentially Huge Cinema Market
• Beijing's Foreign Trade Reports Rapid Rise

• Russian, US Positions on Mideast Settlement Mainly Coincide: Putin
• Iran Ready for Full IAEA Control of Nuclear Programs: Putin
• Russian President Holds Annual News Conference
• WHO Lifts Travel Warning on Beijing
• Harry Potter Author Sues New York Paper for Leaking Secrets of Latest Book
• ASEAN Meetings Achieve Important Results: Chinese FM
• Israeli Army Begins Dismantling First Populated West Bank Outpost
• 215 Rebels Killed in Aceh
• China to Joint Friendship, Cooperation Treaty with ASEAN
• IAEA Says Iran Should Accept Stricter Nuclear Inspections
• China Wants Nuclear-weapon-free Korean Peninsula: FM
• ASEAN+10 Meeting Ends after Issuing Chairman's Statement
• Int'l Forces to Replace Some US Troops in Iraq: Paper
• Chinese FM Meets FMs of Russia, India, Australia, ROK

• Toshiba Develops New Technology for DNA Detection
• Over 15,000 College Students Volunteer to Help Develop West China
• Research Finds No SARS Virus on Civet Cats

• China to Face DPRK for AFC Women's Championship Title

• Wildlife Protection Checks to be Enforced by Chinese Legislature
• Largest Incinerator Project under Construction in E.China
• China Undergoing Sexual Revolution
• 1,000-year-old Maidenhair Tree Found in S. China
• North China's Tianjin to Boost Cement Production Capacity
• Employment Rate Set to Rise in SW. China Later This Year
• China to Assist Needy Farmers
• Britney Out, Aniston New Top Forbes Celebrity
• 23 Dead or Missing after Shipwreck on Yangtze River  
• Beijing Reports 11 billion yuan Losses in Tourism
• Entertainment Venues Resume Operation in E. China Province
• China's Island Province Builds 66 Nature Reserves
• HK to Issue New Smart Identity Card
• Traffic Accident Claims 8 Lives in E China Province
• China Develops Painkiller Effective for 4 Months